People QuickFacts |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 313,914,040 |
Population, 2011 estimate | 311,587,816 |
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 308,747,508 |
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.7% |
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 0.9% |
Population, 2010 | 308,745,538 |
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.5% |
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.7% |
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 13.3% |
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 78.1% |
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 13.1% |
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.2% |
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 5.0% |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% |
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.3% |
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 16.7% |
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 63.4% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 84.6% |
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.8% |
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 20.3% |
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 85.4% |
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 28.2% |
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 22,215,303 |
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25.4 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 132,312,404 |
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 66.1% |
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 25.9% |
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $186,200 |
Households, 2007-2011 | 114,761,359 |
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.60 |
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $27,915 |
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $52,762 |
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.3% |
Business QuickFacts |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 7,396,628 |
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 111,970,095 |
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -1.8 |
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 22,110,628 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 27,092,908 |
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.1% |
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.9% |
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.7% |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.1% |
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 8.3% |
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 5,338,306,501 |
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 4,174,286,516 |
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,917,663,456 |
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $12,990 |
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 613,795,732 |
Building permits, 2011 | 624,061 |